GIZMOS!

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7th Graders
Week of Nov. 30th, 2010 = HEREDITY (Creating Alien Organisms) Genetics/Heredity
Hybrid dog breeds: http://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/2006/09/hybrid_mixed_dog_breeds.php
Mendel biography: http://www.strangescience.net/mendel.htm
Mendel’s original paper: http://www.mendelweb.org/Mendel.html
Probability and Inheritance: http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_2.htm
Week of Nov. 2nd - Nov. 18th , 2010= PHOTOSYNTHESIS & OSMOSIS
Elodea labs: http://www.qacps.k12.md.us/cms/sci/life/Lab_Photosynthesis.doc,
http://kenpitts.net/bio/energy/elodea_lab.htm, http://www.iit.edu/~smile/bi9201.html
Photosynthesis lab: http://chem.lapeer.org/Bio1Docs/PhotoLab.html
Photosynthesis summary: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio104/photosyn.htm
Oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere: http://www.palaeos.com/Earth/Atmosphere/oxygen.htm

8th Graders
Week of Nov. 1st DENSITY & Water LAB
Egg drop contest: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/capsules/activity_glance.shtml
Egg drop lesson plan: http://www.educ.drake.edu/sci_ed/elem_sci/phys/eggdroplesson.html
Galileo games: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/galileo.html
Another Galileo simulation: http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/galileo/index.htm
Lunar feather drop: http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/feather.html
Galileo’s thought experiment: http://www.jimloy.com/physics/galileo.htm
Human cannon balls: http://www.cannon-mania.com/human-cannon.htm
The story of Archimedes: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/IGLA/pdf/ScienceSink.pdf
Activities to explore density: http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/116.html
Related activities: http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ucp/curriculum/density/index.htm